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Retinal neurophysiology scientist. My work involves disorders of retinal degeneration and how those diseases affect the intrinsic retinal circuitry including the implications for rescue of vision via gene therapy, and retinal bionic or biological implants. Other research efforts involve exploring Metabolomics [utah.edu] for application in understanding physiology and medicine and for drug development.

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Phidippus audax

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Tuesday May 15 2007, @05:53PM
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  • Great photos, as always. (How in the world did you convince that creature to remain stationary?)

    I always enjoy jumping spiders -- which seem to have more personality that any other spider. At our old house, we had a flowering bush with an extremely large black & white resident jumping spider that took a liking to honey bees (honey bees: crunchy on the outside, sweet on the inside). And just yesterday I was watching one prowling up and down a small tree.
    • (How in the world did you convince that creature to remain stationary?)

      Thanks. Actually, this is one of the more difficult aspects of working at the macro scale. Focal planes are very narrow and if you want any sort of creative lighting without flooding the area with lots of light, you end up taking LOTS and LOTS of pictures to find the very few that turn out.

      • Yes, quantity is the key to quality when photographing wee beasties. Getting a decent composition, plane of focus, lighting, etc. on a miniscule subject with a mind of its own isn't easy. (I like how you balanced the the overall lighting, probably via the ringflash, with a side light source). And digital sure makes life easier (and less costly). I used to do macro work in film (back before the days of auto-exposure flashes). it wasn't hard to blow through a roll of Kodachrome 25 on one subject.

        I just w
        • And digital sure makes life easier (and less costly). I used to do macro work in film (back before the days of auto-exposure flashes). it wasn't hard to blow through a roll of Kodachrome 25 on one subject.

          Boy you are not kidding there. I could never afford a macro lens when I was shooting film, but it was mighty easy to blow through a roll of film which came mighty dearly at the time. I remember photographing a sunset once and knowing that all the photos I was taking were eating up my food budget for the

    • At our old house, we had a flowering bush with an extremely large black & white resident jumping spider that took a liking to honey bees...
      So that's where they all went.
  • Being a marathon runner, my first thought was that you misspelled Pheidippides [wikipedia.org], but alas, that was not the case. Do you know if there are any species, genus, or higher named after him?
    • Boy, you got me there. I've never heard of a species names Pheidippides, but Lord knows there are some mighty impressive animals that migrate for thousands of miles every season.

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